(UBC) Day 1 – Commitment

I’ve been blogging for about ten years thanks to my sweet goddaughter Lauren who said “I think you might like this thing. Try it and see.” I was hooked from the beginning because I’ve always written about something or other in my life. In fact, I can’t imagine NOT being able to write. It’s in my blood, baybee. Always has been. Always will be.

So, I joined up for the Ultimate Blog Challenge as a way to re-commit myself to writing here on a regular basis. The blog challenges you (ME!) to blog every. single. day. of July. Every day. EEEK! What am I thinking? (Who knows? Who *ever* knows what I’m thinking when I jump in to these things like this??) I’ll be writing about all kinds of things – random ideas, stuff I learned in various classes, why going back to the day job for six weeks is a good thing and lots more. I’ve got a lot of blog space to cover and I’d love to have you along for the ride!

Today’s theme: commitment.

I haz it. Or I will haz it.

Commitment is a lot like intention but on a deeper, more physical level. You can make an intention in your mind but the action that follows it is commitment.

I’m good with intention – what’s that saying? “The road to hell is paved with good intentions“? Yes. I’ve been paving my ass off for years now. Not as good with the commitment part. Now and again I get spurts of it but sustained commitment isn’t something I do really, really well. Like in my sleep well. It involves follow-through and yeah, there’s the rub.

Lots of ideas dance in my head (maybe yours too?) but when I get down to implementing them, I get disappointed and then allow them to fall by the wayside. I talked a bit about my issues with perfectionism in last week’s podcast. If I don’t do it exactly right the first time then FEH! I’m not doing it again. And that is silly because anything worthwhile takes practice, doesn’t it? Still, I allow it. It’s easier for me to not even try than to try and fail.

I talk about breaking through the barriers that keep you stuck. Here’s one way to do that: make it public.

Announce that you’re stuck and that you are trying to change that.

Hold yourself accountable. I’m doing that with this blog challenge (and yes, I was indeed nudged by my Guides to do it and you know how I roll when that happens!).

What’s a place in your life where you have good intentions but not as good follow-through? I’d love to hear about it and maybe we can brainstorm one step you can take to move forward.

16 Comments

julieaclearsign
on July 1, 2012 at 6:53 am

Good for you! I just realized that instead of asking for "more hours in the day" (insomnia!) what I probably should have asked for was commitment, ability to ignore distractions and get back to the task at hand, and MUCH better organization. This home thing is quite an unwieldy beast some days 🙂

SO PROUD OF YOU! Yep, even if it seems inconvenient, if you're nudged to do it, well, you must! 🙂 All you have to do is be present each day, with intention, and write what's in your heart. That's how I plan to do it. (also too: spurts of creativity = blogs posts scheduled ahead of time!)

My commitment falters when it comes to using my intuitive gifts and being active with what I know, know, know is my calling. I'm not sure what I'm supposed to DO in order to fulfill my mission here. Write, yes. I write and I'm bringing out my ebooks, which has been a huge commitment, but what else? I think maybe I'm missing something.

It's work to step even further into our purpose, isn't it? If you are a divine communicator (and I know you are) then see what other ways you can bring that out besides writing. (Speaking, perhaps? Podcasts??) What can you teach us? I'd love to know (and listen!).

Me neither, Lindsay. When I was younger, my cousin and I would do weekly little "newspapers" that we'd sell to our family and friends. We used to have a feature like they had in Reader's Digest: "Drama in Real Life" except that our dramas were mostly unimportant things like stubbing my toe on the boardwalk in Ocean City because I was busy staring at a check with a David Cassidy t-shirt on. Not quite "Breaking News" is it?? LOL

I think I've moved past that but we'll see what comes out when I'm down to day 27. "Drama in Real Life: Brogan chews my shoes to pieces." (Story at 11!) heh

What a great discernment between intention and commitment! I'm in the challenge with you, and really looking forward to reading your posts!
For me, I find that if my intention wasn't an affirmative yes that I could feel in my whole body, then chances are it wasn't really an intention. It has to align with a small block of time in which I stop and really breathe into this idea of what I will do, and claim it with all of my faculties.
Also, it must stem from a deep desire for something. If it's not truly connected to a core desire in some way, then the inspiration to a deep commitment doesn't show up.
Plus, it has to be fun!

Great Post Lisa! From my working experience it's needed to get rid of the old and make space for the new in order to succeed in realisation of our plan. It is all about feeling good in your skin, making priorities and knowing the purpose behind. But it takes quite a lot of work:)

Congratulations on jumping in with both feet! I look forward to reading as many of your blog entries during July as I can. We’re going away on vacation, so I might be catching up in August. I am spending the summer going through a course (book plus online audio) to open up and to explore my intuition further. Still in beginning stages, but I love, love, love it!! Finding a love of moving energy and doing energy work, too. One day, I’ll find that direction that is just right for me and dive into it!

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